Carriage-curtain.



' No. 654,993. 1 Patented 1u|y 3|, |900.

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CARRIAGE CURTAIN.

(Application ffiled Nov. H., 1899.)

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No. 654,993. l Patented my 3|, |900.

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CARRIAGE CURTAIN.

(Appliction med Nov. 11, 1899.) (No Model.) 3 sheets-sheef 2.

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CARRIAGE CURTAIN.

(Application led Nov. 11, 1899., (N0 Modl- 3 Sheets-Sheat 3.

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I STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

CARRIAGEECURws- SPECIFICATION farming para of Letters Patent No. 654,993, dated July e1, reco. Application filed Novemberll, 1899". Serial No. 736,576. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom 'it may concern/.-

cocas, in thecounty of Burlington, Stateof New Jersey, have invented a new and useful' Improvement in Carriage-Curtains, Which improvementisfully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings My invention consists of a curtain for a! `carriage or other vehicle, the same embodying novel fixtures to effect the Winding of the curtain and retainV the same at any desired height.

Figure'l represents a perspective view of a portion of a carriage and a curtain embodying my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the curtain and fixtures thereof and the adjacent portions of the carriage, certain parts being in section.

Fig. 3 represents a verticalsection of the carriage and partial longitudinal vertical section of the curtain and fixtures thereof. Fig. 4 represents a transverse vertical section thereof. Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section of a portion on line man, Fig. 3, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 represents a vertical section taken rearward of that shown in Fig. et to illustrate the position of the rear curtain between the sidecurt'ains. Fig. 7 represents a section of a modification of Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of a carriage, which, excepting the feature of my invention applied thereto, is of ordinary construction.

B designates curtains for the carriage, the same being disposed in the present case on the sides and rear thereof and formed of any suitable pliable or flexible p material and guided in grooves() in the upright members or frame of the body A. n In the top of 'said frame are mounted the horizontally-arranged rollers D, the same extending in the directions of the respective curtains'anddiaving connected with them the cords or chains E, the latter'being attachedto the respective curtains B, said cords and curtains being adapted to be Wound upon and unwound from said rollers D.

F designates cords or chains Which are con-l nected with the rollers D, so as to be Wound jupon and nnwound therefrom, the saine ex- Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. MARTI-N, a citizen of the United States,residingatnRan-' tending therefrom and being passed dovvn the lupright members 4'of the frame of the body andconnectedwith the spring-actuated pullle'ys G, -Which are secured to the bottom of kthe body of. the'carriage, said' cords Fbeing suitably guided around the rollers H on said body, it being noticed that said pulleys G are removed from the fseve'ral'rollers and inde# pendent thereof, wherebythey areconvenient for repairs and adjustment of the tension of the springs and adapted to bellcated at any ldesired place on the body of thevehicle. It ,will also be noticed that'one of the cords E and one of the cords F are both connected with one of the rollers D, so that the draft exerted by the spring of the pulley G on the unwinding cord F rotates the roller D and the latterimmediately Winds the cordE thereon, While the draft exerted by a curtain in lowering thesame unwinds the cord E therefrom, rotates the roller D, -Winds the cord F on the latter, and winds up the spring of the pulley G. The flexible connections are passed one under the other, so that they are movable clear of each other, and the rollers from which the curtains are pendent may be placed close to the sides of the vehicle. The cords of the opposite. curtains are passed over or under the rollers D of the curtain of the other side and guided in their deflection from horizontal to vertical position over the rollers J, so that the curtain may slide or movefree of its other in passing each other at the top of the frame of the body.

The spring-actuated pulleys G consist of pulleys proper, which are mounted on stationary shafts K, and springs L, coiled within the pulleys, and each secured, respectively, at

other end to the shaft K thereof, so that When the cords F are drawn in one l c lirection the pulley Will be rotated to unwind the spring, and when the cord is relieved of the draft the pulley and Winding the adjacent portion of the cord thereon. Now, as 1the curtains are attached to said cords, when the former are raised to open the sides of the frame of the carriage the spring will be operative through the medium of the cords F to rotate the roll-v ers D, thus Winding the cords E vthereon and one end to the body of the pulley and at the 4 spring Will be Wound up, thus rotatingthe taking u p the Slack f the ords sothat the f curtain will `remain at lthe height at Whichit has been-placed. The same is true when the curtains arelowered to close thecarriage, for in either case the curtains' and spring are balanced, `and there inay be some ,friction onA the curtains byv the walls of the groovesCto increase the holding action on the curtains. In order to prevent displacement tof vthe curtainsfrom the grooves C, they are formed with the beads M, the same thickening the` sides of the curtains Where .they-.occupy and are retained in said grooves, as Will be seenv .in Fig. 5, or the faces cfthe'curt'ains naybe thickened, forming shoulders N near the side v ends, wh ich retain'the latterintheir grooves as will be seenin Fig; 7.

InjFig, I show the rear curtain with itsroller betweengthe rollerslD of vthe side'curtains, which rollers P and their exible counections are j, slightly differently arranged from those-in the ,other figures.

y -In lieu ofcords or chains I may use' tape, webbing, or other flexible connection for v the curtains and pulley.

.Having thus describedlny invention, what` I clairn as new, and desire to secure by Letters l.' In a. vehicle, a curtain, ,a roller therefor,

a spring-actuated pulley independent of said v roller and a `Winding device'f extendingfro'm saidroller to saidl independent pulley and connected with said parts'. v

2. In a vehicle,a curtain on a side thereof,

la 'rollei` nf the opposite side, a ,ileXible connection'for said curtain and roller, a spring- -actuated pulley independent of said roller,

and another exibleconnection on said roller Iextending to said pulley.

" 3; In a Vehicle, curtains on opposite sides thereof, rollers likewise on -opposite sides thereof,` exible connections, each passing 'from vthe curtain on Aoneside to the roller on Athe.bpp'osite side, an additional eXible connection on each roller, and a springactu'ated pulley independent of the respective rollers connec'f,.edwithgsaid additional flexible con nection, A t

Vet.v In a Vehicle, a curtain, a roller to Which the saine is attached, a flexible connection'on said roller independent of said curtain, a v1spring-actuatedn pulley independent of said .roller and having said connection secured to 

